Antispila hydrangaeella

Leafminer on Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)

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Ferdy Christant

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Thank you for your obsession with leafminers, just like galls I'd consider them common obscurities. They're everywhere, but nobody documents them. Yet you're not nobody :) Posted 5 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Awww, you are too kind.
  
  I think I've said it before...but after seeing them once, you start to see them everywhere! :D Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It's like buying a new car. When first driving it, you're thinking...why does everybody have the same car? Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      Exactly! Jason and I even have a car game for when we see other Subarus on the road! Haha! Posted 5 years ago

The Antispila hydrangaeella

''Antispila hydrangaeella'' is a species of moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is widespread in the eastern United States, including Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and North Carolina. However, research suggests that two species might be involved under this name.

The larvae feed on ''Hydrangea arborea''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Mines from the North Carolina population have the form of long galleries, often following a vein and ending in a blotch with greenish to brown frass... more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling